MARGAO
A Fatorda woman has alleged that cyber fraudsters posing as bank officials cheated her and her father of Rs 10.20 lakh through a fake KYC update message.
Fatorda Police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons following a complaint by Sidhali Kakodkar of Vidhyanagar, Gogol.
According to the complaint, Sidhali received a WhatsApp message claiming to be from Bank of India, stating that her account KYC was pending due to non-updation of Aadhaar details. She was asked to install an application named “BOI ADHAR UPDATE.apk”.
After installing the app, the accused allegedly gained unauthorised access to her phone and transferred Rs 1.69 lakh from her Bank of India account. The bank later reversed Rs 1.49 lakh after she reported the fraud.
The accused then allegedly used the same compromised mobile number to withdraw Rs 10 lakh from her father’s Union Bank of India account in two transactions.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS.
